Current events in the words of the students of Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur

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The following article is based on my own interpretation of the said events and/ or publicly available information. Any material borrowed from published and unpublished sources has been appropriately referenced. I will bear the sole responsibility for anything that is found to have been copied or misappropriated or misrepresented in the following post.

Fedal popularly known as Roger federer and Rafael Nadal. Roger is called as the greatest Tennis player of all time whereas Rafael Nadal is known as greatest clay court player of all time. Together they have won 32 grand slam titles. As far as their rivalry is concerned they have played 35 matches and 19 of the games have decided big finals. This was a highly anticipated grand slam final as Aus open title was on line and history was about to welcome the modern tennis greats.

Everybody knew that Roger was destined to break the all time record of Pete Sampras. Eventually the results were in favour of Roger and he was able to defeat Rafa but the game reach the anticipated height. The well fought battle between the two legends with many nerve wrecking moments lately swung in favour of Roger with score line 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

But everything is not about result, it is not about Tennis: it is about the game as a whole. It is about Two old war horses with mutual admiration for each other and their class trying to better each other on many occasions in past. It is not about supporting one guy over the other. This is all about supporting a player. Despite Federer turning 36 this year and Nadal 31, and as both took several months off last year to recover from injury, fans may see few more clash between the sport’s greatest and most popular male players.

The following article is based on my own interpretation of the said events and/ or publicly available information. Any material borrowed from published and unpublished sources has been appropriately referenced. I will bear the sole responsibility for anything that is found to have been copied or misappropriated or misrepresented in the following post.

Seldom have we seen players and athletes making a comeback after they have reached to their mid-thirties. Roger Federer have made such a comeback after struggling for past 6 months from injuries. In a tournament that has already witnessed two huge surprises in the initial rounds, the 35-year megastar continued to do an excellent impression of vintage Roger Federer. Defeating the 5th seeded Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the round of 16 and navigating past Germany’s Mischa Zverev in quarters, Fed has now reached the semi-finals. The 5-setter match which lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes, after a while was all about pushing the physical limits. Now that the six-time Australian open champion and reigning world no. 1 Andy Murray both have already joined the sidelines, Federer has a great chance towards his 18th major title. Federer will meet his compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the next match. Let’s see if he continues this golden comeback or becomes yet another victim of the Australian Open.